Team Leader - Manufacturing (Injectable)

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because Good Health Can’t Wait.

We started in 1984 with a modest investment, 20 employees and a bold vision. Today, we have research and development centres, manufacturing facilities or a commercial presence in 66 countries. 

For nearly four decades, we have stood for access, affordability and innovation based on the bedrock of deep science, progressive people practices and robust corporate governance. As the pharmaceutical industry evolves and undergoes disruption, we see an opportunity – to strengthen our core further (the next steps) and to build the future (the new bets).

‘The Next and the New’ is how we aim to continue to be the partner of choice – purpose-driven, future-ready and sustainable.  Our aim is to reach over 1.5 Bn+ patients across the world by 2030 by growing our core businesses and building for the future with sustainability at the core of our purpose and strategy. Sustainability for us means operating in a manner that respects people, planet and purpose – helping us conserve precious resources, serve our patients, create value for stakeholders, give back to society, fulfil our potential and maintain our integrity and transparency

Dr Reddy’s maintains a work environment, free from discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to employ & nurture all qualified diverse workforce without regard to race, colour religion, nationality, sex, age, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender expression, citizenship or any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable law(s) of the country we operate in. We treasure every talent, and recognize merit and diversity in our organization.

Roles & Responsibilities
 

1. Adhere to the company safety norms, policies and procedures.
2. Adhere to the SOP's and other laid down procedures of Block- A, Production (Injectable, packing, water system) area.
3. To ensure effective implementation of Company policies and procedures in the department.
4. To ensure that products are produced and stored according to the appropriate documentation in order to obtain the required quality.
5. Planning of routine activities in production injectable department
6. To Review the instructions (01, SCP's, SOP's etc.) relating to production (Injectable) operations and to ensure their implementation.
7. To ensure that the production records are evaluated and signed by an authorized person before they are sent to the Quality Assurance Department.
8. To check the maintenance of area and equipment in the department.
9. To review Validation, Qualification Documents and all related reports as per requirement.
10. To ensure that the required initial and periodic training of department personnel is completed as per the schedule.
11. To ensure that manufacturing area environment and water quality test results are within limit as per requirement.
12. Review of area environmental monitoring trends and water quality trends.
13. To ensure personnel hygiene of department personnel.
14. To ensure that appropriate equipment qualification/process validations are performed as per requirement.
15. To ensure that periodic training programme is followed as per the schedule and evaluation is done as per requirement.
16. Ensuring appropriate storage conditions of materials and products.
17. Monitoring of compliance to current Good Manufacturing Practices.
18. Inspection, investigation, and taking of samples (as appropriate) in order to monitor factors which may affect product quality and to make provision for taking new products.
19. To ensure that material indents are done as per the requirement and to review and approve the purchase indents for department.
20. Participate and review of Risk Assessments.
21. To attend inventory & production planning meeting and accordingly ensure proper material and production (Injectable, packing and water system) planning
22. Responsible for Dispensing of Raw material from ware house.
23. To coordinate with the Research and development team for planning and execution of the Exhibit batches in the production (Injectable and OSD) department.
24. To review/approve related quality notifications.
25. To ensure that all changes, incidents, deviations are reported, evaluated, investigated and the conclusions are made as per requirement.
26. To ensure the up keep of the production (Injectable, packing, water system and oral solid dosage forms) equipment's and area.
27. Ensure completion of Periodic review/revision of GMP documents as per requirement.
28. To ensure that process lead time and product yields are as per requirement.
29. Manpower planning and work allocation for production (Injectable, packing, water system and oral solid dosage forms) personnel.
30. To ensure the smooth coordination with other related departments — Warehouse, HR, Admin, Engineering services, QA, QC, TTG and SHE.
31. To review the market complaints in coordination with Quality Assurance Department and taking the required corrective and preventive actions.
32. Preparation and review of BMR/BPR, URS and all other GMP records as per requirement.
33. To ensure timely completion of all the GMP records in the department.
34. Participate and review of Risk Assessments.
35. To ensure timely completion of calibration & preventive maintenance activities of production (Injectable, packing and water system) equipment's.
36. To perform on — line entries in GMP documents like BMR's, BPR's, log- books etc. as per Good Documentation practice.
37. To coordinate with engineering department to reduce production break down time and ensure proper rectification of the problems occurred.
38. To participate in self inspection audit team as per schedule.
39. Scheduling and Execution of periodic media fill batches as per requirement.
40. To maintain the discipline in the department and to recommend actions, if any.
41. Meeting the production targets on time.
42. To raise the quality notification and breakdown as and when required and closure of the same.
43. To maintain the Daily Production Report.
44. Control of the incidents and unusual observation by close monitoring of the operations.
45. Ensuring process and systems in place for operations and continuous improvement.
46. To review performance appraisal of team.
47. To perform any other task/project assigned by Head Operations.
48. To perform the duties of "Designee for Head Production" whenever production head is absent.
49. Responsible for co-ordination of SATT
50. To participate and perform task of site investigation team

51. 2.0 Delegation of Activities:

    1. In absence of role holder Team leader will perform the role

To ensure that the appropriate qualifications, validations, calibrations are done as per requirement

Educational qualification: MSC , M Pharmacy

Minimum work experience: 8 to 12 years

Behavioural skills
• Leadership skills to plan, allocate tasks, and supervise production personnel, fostering teamwork, and ensuring adherence to safety norms and quality standards.
• Effective communication skills to coordinate with various departments, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment of activities.
• Capacity to identify and address production-related issues promptly, initiate corrective and preventive actions, and facilitate investigations and CAPA closure to minimize disruptions and improve processes.
• Strong organizational skills to plan routine activities, prioritize tasks, and ensure timely completion of calibration, preventive maintenance, production planning, and other operational activities.
• Commitment to maintaining current regulatory compliance and adherence to norms to uphold product quality and safety standards.

About the Department
Global Manufacturing Organisation (GMO)
At Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, we are dedicated to making a meaningful impact on global healthcare through precision manufacturing and innovation. With a legacy of excellence, we are a leading force in the pharmaceutical industry.
We operate 19 state-of-the-art manufacturing plants across Hyderabad, Vizag, Baddi, Mexico, Shreveport, and Mirfield, comprising 8 OSD facilities, 3 Injectables facilities, and 8 API facilities.
Benchmarking manufacturing processes and continuous operational excellence are at the core of our capability to deliver quality medicines to our patients in 66 countries. We manufacture a portfolio of complex APIs and 1,150+ drug master files across key therapy areas such as Oncology, Cardio-vascular, Central Nervous System and Anti-Diabetes. he World Economic Forum has recognised our largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, as part of its Global Lighthouse Network. We aspire to be the most efficient pharma operations in the world. Our productivity improvement and digitalisation efforts are key to staying competitive, meeting business imperatives, and meeting our ambitious ESG goals. Building such ‘factories of the future’ is integral to innovation and to build healthcare of the future.


Benefits Offered
At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyse your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.
The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture
Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.
For more details, please visit our career website at https://careers.drreddys.com/#!/